Fresh
Here is Monty Python and the Holy Grail, which is neither as sparkling as it is said to be nor as bad as it seems to be at the start. But it's pretty good.
Stanley Kauffmann, The New Republic
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
And now! At Last! Another film completely different from some of the other films which aren't quite the same as this one is.
1975 · 1h 31m · PG
Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Directed by
Terry Gilliam
,
Terry Jones
Overview
King Arthur, accompanied by his squire, recruits his Knights of the Round Table, including Sir Bedevere the Wise, Sir Lancelot the Brave, Sir Robin the Not-Quite-So-Brave-As-Sir-Lancelot and Sir Galahad the Pure. On the way, Arthur battles the Black Knight who, despite having had all his limbs chopped off, insists he can still fight. They reach Camelot, but Arthur decides not to enter, as "it is a silly place".
Director and cast
- Terry Gilliam Director
- Terry Jones Director
- Graham Chapman as King Arthur / Voice of God / Middle Head / Hiccoughing Guard
- John Cleese as Second Swallow-Savvy Guard / The Black Knight / Peasant 3 / Sir Lancelot the Brave / Taunting French Guard / Tim the Enchanter
- Eric Idle as Dead Collector / Peasant 1 / Sir Robin the Not-Quite-So-Brave-as-Sir Launcelot / First Swamp Castle Guard / Concorde / Roger the Shrubber / Brother Maynard
- Terry Gilliam as Patsy / Green Knight / Old Man from Scene 24 (Bridgekeeper) / Sir Bors / Animator / Gorilla Hand
- Terry Jones as Dennis's Mother / Sir Bedevere / Left Head / Prince Herbert / Voice of Cartoon Scribe
- Michael Palin as First Swallow-Savvy Guard / Dennis / Peasant 2 / Right Head / Sir Galahad the Pure / Narrator / King of Swamp Castle / Brother Maynard's Brother / Leader of The Knights Who Say NI!
- Connie Booth as The Witch
- Carol Cleveland Cast
- Neil Innes Cast
- Bee Duffell Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
92%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Grail is as funny as a movie can get, but it is also a tough-minded picture -- as outraged about the human propensity for violence as it is outrageous in its attack on that propensity.
Richard Schickel, TIME Magazine
Fresh
Silly, sophomoric, and slapped together -- but would you want it any other way?
Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader
Fresh
Monty Python's Flying Circus, the British comedy group which gained fame via BBC-TV, send-up Arthurian legend, performed in whimsical fashion with Graham Chapman an effective straight man as King Arthur.
Variety Staff, Variety
Fresh
Python's delightful and, on the whole, consistent reductio ad absurdum of the Grail legend.
Chris Petit, Time Out
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